Four Let Us statements in chapter 41. Let us fear, while a promise remains of entering his rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. v. 12. Let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. V.113. Let us hold fast, since our great high priest has passed through the heavens. V.144. Let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. V.16· The Israelites were warned in the Old Covenant not to come.· Ex 19:23-24 - Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds about the mountain and consecrate it.'" 24 Then the Lord said to him, "Go down and come up again, you and Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, or He will break forth upon them."· Ex 20:19 - Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."· Num 17:12-13 - Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! 13 "Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, must die. Are we to perish completely?· Lev 16:2 - The Lord said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.**1. We can draw near to God because the throne is a throne of grace.** Phil 2:9-11 - For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Rom 10:9 - that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;**2. We can draw near to God because Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses.**“The life of the homeless is monotonous. The biggest problem is not food or shelter but it’s the feeling of hopelessness and emptiness. The Santa Ana Civic center would not open up for the homeless until 6 pm each day so we just spent the day walking around just killing time. I felt like a little kid again. I had no worries or problems to deal with, att least for the moment. These two guys were no longer just homeless people that I hung around with. They began to become true friends. This made me happy and sad at the same time. I knew I would go back to my comfortable home in a day while these guys would stay out here permanently.”"When asked what’s the hardest thing about being homeless they said that they just didn’t matter in this world. If they died no one would miss them."b. WeaknessAsthenia—sickness, most common word for illness. Not directly related to sin but to the weakness we have because of sin.Isa 53:4 - Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.Matt 12:20 - "A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.2 Cor 5:21 - He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.**3. We can draw near to God with confidence.**Heb 10:19-22 - Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Rom 8:15-17 - For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Eph 3:11-12 - This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.**4. We need to draw near because that’s where we will find help in time of need.**1 Cor 10:13 - No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.Isa 55:6-7 - Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.Matt 7:7-8 - "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.1 Peter 5:6-7 - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

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